Posted:29th Oct 2006HiIm soon planning on makeing a set of fire snakes.What i want to know is a good way of sealing the ends of the rope to stop them from freying.I saw a site where they was using some type of glue but this would need to be Fuel, heat and flame resistent does any one know what type this would be?All so any other tips would be great.

Posted:30th Oct 2006What i've seen used for the most part is just normal elmer's white glue (the stuff that american school kids use), and since its non toxic the fuel wont dissolve it. Also if you know how to splice rope, take the filling out of the center and eye splice it around the caribeaner (or what ever connection to the handle you have). Hope i could be of help.

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PVA is good for sealing wicks- one useful tip I've found when making fire ropes/snakes is that leaving one with partially frayed ends, if you're willing to put up with the aesthetic discrepency, is that it makes lighting them very easy- the frayed kevlar ignites far better than a totally sealed end.

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Posted:31st Oct 2006I've had a good (by which I mean, f*cking bright) set of snakes for the past couple of years that haven't really degraded too much without the need for sealing the ends. Simply braid them and leave a little sticking out of the end of bottom knots, works a treat.

Blackbird posted a good braid design on here a few years back, might well turn up on a search.

Posted:5th Nov 2006On my fire snakes, I totally saturated the last tiny bit of rope with PVA until it was rock hard, and wrapped on top of that and just above it with kevlar thread in a noose pattern.

Holds together incredibly well, and there's no need for knots at the end then. Luxotica does a similar thing I think, but they use 1/4 inch rope for the wrap instead of thread. They also look pretty nice!

Posted:6th Nov 2006Thank for that.I work in the building industry so i use PVA all the time.I never realy gave any thought as to whever it would burn/melt or not but that seams to be the general opinion on what to use so i will give it ago.